There are options to remove the impasse over the law on the use of languages and they are currently analyzed, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Thursday. “The most acceptable option should be implemented,” Xhaferi told a press briefing, saying he would not sign the law twice so that it is published in the Official […]
Opposition lawmakers threw Wednesday tear gas canisters in the parliament chamber in a bid to prevent other deputies ratifying a border agreement with Montenegro, a key condition for Kosovo to gain visa-free travel to the European Union, Reuters reports. The opposition party Vetevendosje is adamantly against the agreement with Montenegro, signed in 2015, claiming it […]
The parliamentary Committee on Election and Appointment Issues at a session today acknowledged the resignations of five members of the National Commission for the Prevention of Corruption who resigned after an internal audit report scandal. DUI’s Artan Grubi invited the other two Anti-corruption members to resign so that the Commission could finally start doing its […]
It is important that the Parliament moves forward with its agenda and focuses on the necessary reforms with all parties saying they will support them in a bid to meet the European and Euro-Atlantic integration bid of Macedonia, the US Embassy in Skopje said Friday commenting on recent developments involving the adoption of the language […]
-“The procedure has not been violated in the adoption of the Law on the Use of Languages and the President is obliged to sign the bill”, said Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani on Thursday. “Macedonia has closed an important chapter of its history and as of today it is more unified in its […]
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said he won’t allow incidents in Parliament to happen like the ones on 24 December 2012 and 27 April 2017 following the enactment of the Law on Languages that extends the use of Albanian language across Macedonia. The law was adopted on Wednesday amid disapproval on part of the opposition party […]
In a tense atmosphere, while there was real turmoil in front of the parliamentary pulpit, parliament passed the Law on Languages. As many as 64 MPs voted for the regulation that is part of the pre-contractual agreement between SDSM and DUI. No one voted “against” or “abstain”. The law, in the third reading, was adopted […]
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi skipped the item on the law on the use of languages which was supposed to resume Wednesday’s 32nd session. Instead, MPs voted for other items of the agenda. Earlier, VMRO-DPMNE MP Ilija Dimovski said the languages law shouldn’t be debated and the session should be cancelled. According to him, the 35,000+ amendments, submitted […]
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi skipped the item on the law on the use of languages which was supposed to resume Wednesday’s 32nd session. Instead, MPs voted for other items of the agenda. Earlier, VMRO-DPMNE MP Ilija Dimovski said the languages law shouldn’t be debated and the session should be cancelled. According to him, the 35,000+ amendments, submitted […]
VMRO-DPMNE will back all the laws which have to do with the reforms, if SDSM led by PM Zoran Zaev withdraws from the voting of the law on languages, which makes the Albanian language the second official language in Macedonia. This was said by the leader of the largest opposition party, Hristijan Mickoski. “If he’s […]
Governing coalition parties SDSM and DUI seem to be going through disagreements regarding the voting of the law on languages, which advances the use of the Albanian language. The law has gone back to Parliament for a second reading, following the failure to obtain a signature by president Gjorge Ivanov. But, the law has been […]
Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev and the leader of the biggest opposition party in the country, VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski met this evening to discuss several important topics. PM Zaev said that the focus of these talks was the process of negotiations for the name, but also the return of the opposition in parliament. “I understand the […]
The chairman of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said today that there is no agreement with the majority for their return in Parliament and the voting of the law on languages. He said that rumours about political bargaining according to which, the law on languages will be voted in exchange of the release of the MPs and […]
An amnesty hearing on the Law on the Use of Languages is not a decision to unblock parliament, said Speaker Talat Xhaferi. He expects to find a solution for nearly 36,000 amendments submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE in the following days. – Communicate with representatives of the parliamentary groups including VMRO-DPMNE. I think that we […]
MPs Goran Misovski, Frosina Tasevska Remenski and Vesel Memedi were elected Parliament Vice-Speakers on Tuesday. Misovski, Tasevska-Remenski and Memedi were elected by 61 votes ‘in favor’, one abstained and none against. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE did not attend the session.
The draft amendments to the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services will be discussed at government’s 55th session on Tuesday. The ministers will also review the proposed amendments to the Law on Establishing the Public Enterprise Macedonian Broadcasting. The agenda also includes draft law on free legal aid, information for realization of the 2014-2020 […]
No date has been set yet for the Parliament debate on the 35,569 amendments to the Law on the Use of Languages. The law extends the official use of Albanian over the entire country, and it was passed on February 11. A week later, however, the President vetoed it and sent it back to Parliament, which […]
The Law on Use of Languages is expected to be on the Parliament’s agenda next Monday. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi held Monday a meeting with coordinators of MP groups, less VMRO-DPMNE. The opposition party urged the Government to withdraw the law, deeming it unconstitutional. “We ask for the formation of working groups incorporating representatives of […]
The Macedonian Parliament at a session on Monday adopted the Law on Amnesty under which some 670 people sentenced to at least six month in prison will be fully exempted from serving time. Also, 3,097 convicts will see their prison sentenced cut down by 30%. The amnesty law doesn’t cover people sentenced to life, those serving […]
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry welcomed Monday the decision of the Macedonian Parliament to ratify the Treaty of Friendship, BTA reports. The ratification confirms the will to foster good-neighbourly relations which are an important element of the European perspective of all countries in the Western Balkans, Bulgaria’s MoFA said in statement. Bulgaria will continue its active […]
